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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 11/24/2025 16:17 EDT

Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated. Read more ›

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Blue Origin aims to land next New Glenn booster, then reuse it for Moon mission

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 18:17 EDT

"We fully intend to recover the New Glenn first stage on this next launch." Read more ›

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Why iRobot’s founder won’t go within 10 feet of today’s walking robots

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 17:10 EDT

Rodney Brooks says humanoid robots pose hidden safety challenges and won't learn dexterity from video alone. Read more ›

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RFK Jr. drags feet on COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, delaying shots for kids

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 16:34 EDT

The delayed sign-off means low-income kids don’t have access to the shots. Read more ›

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Trump offers universities a choice: Comply for preferential funding

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 13:31 EDT

Who needs peer review? Plan offers easier grants to schools that agree to limits. Read more ›

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Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 13:16 EDT

US users stuck with AI ad targeting as EU users win more control over their feeds. Read more ›

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World-famous primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/02/2025 12:44 EDT

Goodall's immersive studies of chimpanzees in Africa redefined what it means to be human. Read more ›

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Tesla reverses sales decline in Q3, sells 50k more cars than it built

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 09:55 EDT

The end of the EV tax credit in the US on September 30 helped spur sales. Read more ›

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Japan is running out of its favorite beer after ransomware attack

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Harry Dempsey and Leo Lewis, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 09:44 EDT

Asahi Super Dry production at Japanese breweries halted after cyberattack. Read more ›

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How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 10/02/2025 07:30 EDT

Thanks to some recent reporting, we've found a potential solution to the Artemis blues. Read more ›

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Meet the Arc spacecraft: it aims to deliver cargo anywhere in the world in an hour

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 22:00 EDT

"The key discriminator is, does this make a difference in the moment it's needed?" Read more ›

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That annoying SMS phish you just got may have come from a box like this

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 18:16 EDT

Smishers looking for new infrastructure are getting creative. Read more ›

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Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 17:52 EDT

Giant sloths are extinct in part because they were tasty and nutritious. Read more ›

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OpenAI mocks Musk’s math in suit over iPhone/ChatGPT integration

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 17:15 EDT

xAI's claim that Apple gave ChatGPT a monopoly on prompts is “baseless,” OpenAI says. Read more ›

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Hyundai gives the Ioniq 5 a huge price cut for model-year 2026

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 16:27 EDT

The Korean automaker's price cut comes in as the clean vehicle tax credit dies. Read more ›

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Cable nostalgia persists as streaming gets more expensive, fragmented 

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 15:30 EDT

Cord reviving isn't common but points to discontent with today's streaming options. Read more ›

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OpenAI’s Sora 2 lets users insert themselves into AI videos with sound

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 14:37 EDT

Sora social app launches with deepfake-style "cameos" and feed controls. Read more ›

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FCC chairman leads “cruel” vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 14:09 EDT

FCC Republicans kill funding for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and Wi-Fi on school buses. Read more ›

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Can today’s AI video models accurately model how the real world works?

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 12:43 EDT

New research shows highly inconsistent performance on a variety of physical reasoning tasks. Read more ›

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Trailer for del Toro’s Frankenstein is pure macabre mythology

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 12:31 EDT

"My maker told his tale. And I will tell you mine." Read more ›

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Taiwan rejects Trump’s demand to shift 50% of chip manufacturing into US

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/01/2025 12:19 EDT

Taiwan denies Trump official claim that trade talks covered supply chain shift. Read more ›

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